News Releases — Minnesota

2004

December 2004

• Mayo Clinic Finds Restless Legs Syndrome in Children Linked to Family History, Iron Deficiency
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Finds Restless Legs Syndrome in Children Linked to Family History, Iron Deficiency
• Mayo Clinic Announces January Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find PDAs Okay With Pacemakers
• Mayo Clinic Health Information Web Sites Win Five e-Healthcare Leadership Awards
• First Blood Test to Diagnose Paralyzing, Blinding Disease
• Gastrointestinal Disorders Are Associated Significantly With Sleepless Nights
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Announce Promising Next Generation Treatments for Multiple Myeloma
• Got Heart Disease? The Answer May be in Your Fingertips

November 2004

• Mayo Clinic Discovers Potential Marker for Aggressive Kidney Cancer; New Help for Tailoring Treatments
• Mayo Clinic Receives $13 Million NIH Award to Train Clinical Researchers and Advance Patient Care
• Mayo Clinic Announces December Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Honor New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Announces New Comprehensive Wellness and Fitness Center
• Ovarian Cancer Does Have Early Warning Signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center Find
• Video Clip and Sound File (MP3) of Dan Abraham
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Announces
  Distinguished Educator Award Recipients
• Mayo Clinic Finds New Female Sterilization Technique Not Only Quicker and Easier for Patients, But Cheaper
• Video Clip: CPR After AED Heart Shock Does Not Cause Recurrent Arrhythmia
• Video Clip: Eligible Women Less Likely than Men to Receive Heart Devices
• Mayo Clinic Health Management Resources Wins Prestigious Award for Health and Productivity Management Market Leadership
• Observation for Fainting Patients is Safe, Less Costly Alternative to Hospitalization
• "Perfect Electrical Assassin" Responsible for Many Unexplained Sudden Deaths
• Mayo Clinic: CPR After AED Heart Shock Does Not Cause Recurrent Arrhythmia
• Eligible Women Less Likely than Men to Receive Heart Devices
• Injury from Epileptic Seizures Relatively Rare, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Study: Yearly Prescription Costs Almost $700 Higher for Obese Patients
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Alcoholism and Mental Illness
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover One Mechanism for Why Men and Women Differ in Immune Response
• Women Often Neglect Health When Prevention is Most Important
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Successfully Use Anticancer Drug to Fight Fatal Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Study Demonstrates New Treatment Option for Patients with Moderately Active Ulcerative Colitis
• Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy Now Offered at Mayo School of Health Sciences

October 2004

• Mayo School of Health Sciences, University of Minnesota Collaborate to Enhance Radiation Therapy Education in Rochester
• Mayo Clinic Announces November Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Finds Ketogenic Diet May Be Started as an Outpatient Treatment for Children with Epilepsy
• Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Gift Supports Care for Patients at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Stroke Rehabilitation Best Served by Physical Training; Questions Use of Stimulant Therapy
• Mayo Clinic Finds Effective Treatment with Minimal Side Effects for Non-Renal Lupus
• Mayo Clinic Finds Effective Treatment with Minimal Side Effects for Non-Renal Lupus
• Gastric Bypass and Stomach-Stapling Patients Should Recognize Risk of Nerve Injury Post-Surgery
• Mayo Clinic Study Supports New Approach to Treating Debilitating Inflammation of the Arteries
• Hot Flashes in Men — Mayo Clinic Researchers Describe a Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Common Airborne Fungi Cause Chronic Stuffy Nose, Suggests New Treatment Strategy
• Mayo Clinic Finds Effective Remedy for Blood Pressure Drop When Standing Up
• Public Invited to Attend Creative Writing Workshop Offered by Mayo Clinic
• Teaching Skills, Instilling Confidence Best Ways to Prevent Child Abduction
• Mayo Clinic Awarded Major NIH Contract for Smallpox Genomics Research

September 2004

• Community Health Forum to Develop Strategies for Healthier Lifestyles
• Mayo Clinic Announces October Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Hosts Major Education Event Targeting Women's Cancers
• Mayo Clinic First in the United States to Scan With New Computed Tomography (CT) System
• Study Published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Finds Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Greater in Boys and in Children With Low Parental Education Levels
• Inflammatory Marker May be Early Sign of Blood Vessel Blockages
• Mayo Clinic's Air Medical Programs Reapply for National Accreditation
• Mayo Clinic Pioneers Gene Therapy Delivery System for Glaucoma

August 2004

• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Rehab Improves Survival After Heart Attack by Over 50 Percent
• Rehab Improves Survival After Heart Attack by Over 50 Percent
• Mayo Clinic Study Indicates Patients with Multiple Sclerosis May Want to Take Wait-and-See Approach to Medications
• Mayo Clinic Announces September "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Study Suggests Immediate Statins for Heart Attack Patients
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Engineer Brain Protein to Discover Missing Link in Nerve Communication
• Documents Show Tobacco Industry's Attempts to Influence Journalists' Reporting on Secondhand Smoke
• Heart "Repair Kit" — Stem Cells Regenerate Injured Muscle
• People Living with Cancer are Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Mayo Clinic Researcher Uses Supercomputer to Model a SARS Viral Enzyme for Developing Anti-SARS Drug
• SARS Enzyme Close-up
• Dr. Yuan-Ping Pang in His Laboratory
• Treatment of Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Intensive Care Patients Results in 29 Percent Reduction in Mortality
• Molecular Level
• The "Adonis Effect": Mayo Researchers Discover Genetic Basis in Mice for Aging with Strong Bones, Low Body Fat
• Mayo Clinic, IBM Aim to Drive Medical Breakthroughs
• Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital Names New Medical Director
• Pioneering the Basics for New Kind of Cancer Vaccine

July 2004

• Green Mamba Snake Venom Hormone May Cause "Second Stroke" in Patients with Brain Aneurysms, Mayo Clinic Discovers
• Mayo Clinic Announces August "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Researchers discover location of possible lung cancer gene
• Mayo Clinic Editorial Discusses New Targeted Therapy for Treatment of Resistant Colorectal Cancer
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Aging Population, Longer Survival with Disease Magnify Heart Failure "Epidemic"
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Not a Risk Factor for Dementia, According to New Mayo Clinic Study
• Aging Population, Longer Survival with Disease Magnify Heart Failure "Epidemic"
• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Not a Risk Factor for Dementia, According to New Mayo Clinic Study
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Treatment Causes Short-Term, Modest Delay in Alzheimers Disease Onset in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Treatment Causes Short-Term, Modest Delay in Alzheimer's Disease Onset in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Going Digital: The Paper Trail Stops
• Researchers Use Human Antibody to Cure Malignant Melanoma in Mice
• Tougher World-Wide Action Needed to Counter Tobacco Industry's Use of Auto Racing
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections July 21
• After a Tragic Past, Thalidomide's Promising Future in Fighting Cancer Explored in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Gene Regulating Aging and Fertility
• Healthy Eating and Living Can Indeed Reduce Women's Risk of Getting Cancer

June 2004

• Mayo Clinic Announces July "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Blood Pressure Too High? You Probably Have Cholesterol Problems, Too
• Study of Accidental Sand Burials Present Information That Could Aid Parents, Health Officials
• Mayo Clinic Carillon Concerts During the Week of Rochesterfest Commemorate Dean Robinson
• Mayo School of Health Sciences Presents Five with Outstanding Educator Award
• National Eye Institute — Eye Drops May Delay or Prevent Glaucoma in African Americans at Higher Risk
• How Fat Poisons Livers of Obese Children and Adults
• How Fatty Acids Kill Liver Cells
• Mayo Researchers Find Link Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Sexual Dysfunction in Older Men
• University Of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic Introduce Unique Biotechnology Partnership At Bio 2004 (Booth #1230)
• Phase 3 Study Shows Patients Newly Diagnosed With Cancer in the Bone Marrow Have Superior Response to Thal/Dex Drug Combination
• Abnormal Protein Indicates Poorer Prognosis for Patients with Rapidly Growing, Malignant Brain Tumors
• Cancer Patients' Genes May Influence How They Experience Fatigue and Quality of Life
• Mayo Clinic Conducts Pediatric Screening for Wilson's Disease
• Mayo Clinic to Host Clinical Research Conference
• Mayo Clinic Named One of Four Collaborative MS Research Centers

May 2004

• Daily Dip in Blood Vessel Expansion May Help Explain Morning Heart Attack Peak
• British American Tobacco's Actions at Document Depository Hinder Research
• Mayo Clinic Announces June "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Neurostimulator in Patients with Epilepsy
• Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees Welcomes New Public Member
• Cancer Survivors and Their Families Invited to National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 6
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine to Hold 2004 Commencement Ceremony
• Researchers Devise Method for Natural Killer Cells to Destroy Hiding HIV
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections May 19
• Mayo Clinic Launches Technology Opportunities Web Site
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - International Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Minimally Invasive Surgery Safe, Effective for Patients with Colon Cancer
• Frozen, Fresh Sperm Both Effective for In Vitro Fertilization
• Survival Rates of Cardiac Arrest Patients Improve With Defibrillation and Aggressive Treatment, Says Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study
• International Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Minimally Invasive Surgery Safe, Effective for Patients with Colon Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Aerospace Device Trains Pilots to Recognize Warning Signs of Hypoxia

April 2004

• Mayo Researchers Invent Targeted Imaging Probe to Aid Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Invent Way to Determine Optimal Conditions for Spinal Cord Nerve Regeneration in Lab Animals
• Dr. Dale Peterson Named President of Mayo Urologic Alumni Association
• Survey Shows New Mayo Clinic Treatment for Intractable Low Blood Pressure Works Well to Control Dizziness, Fainting; Has Few Side Effects
• Surgery a Successful Treatment Option for Certain Epilepsy Seizures
• Mayo Clinic Announces May "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mothers' Cells Can Cause Immunity Illness in Children
• New Primary Care Building Opens for Mayo Family Clinic — Kenyon
• Discovery Sheds Light on How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Restore Lost Immunity — Possible Breakthrough for AIDS
• Mayo Clinic Safety Fair Helps Parents Keep Their Children Safe
• Mayo Clinic Establishes Landmark Research Program to Predict and Prevent Alcoholism and Other Addictions
• Avian Influenza Outbreaks Create Concern About Human Infection Mayo Clinic Researchers Warn
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Celebrates Residency Match Success
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Family History of Aneurysms
• New Calculator Provides More Accurate Estimates of Colon Cancer Survival
• Researchers Discover Documents Outlining Tobacco Industry's Political Efforts to Delay EPA Report on Indoor Second-Hand Smoke

March 2004

• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Green Tea Component Helps Kill Leukemia Cells
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Gene Mutations that "Ignore" Stress, Lead to Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic Announces April "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Launches New Radio Program
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections March 24
• Mayo Clinic 2003 Financial Highlights
• 2003 Financial Results Put Mayo Clinic on Solid Path
• Mayo Clinic Invites Public to Attend a Community Meeting in Winona to Discuss Proposed Study of an Investigational Blood Substitute in Trauma Patients
• Women and Health: A Healthier You
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Testing to Help Better Select Patients for Prostate-Related Radiation Treatments
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Better Way to Help Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Experience Significantly Less Pain

February 2004

• Mayo Clinic Research Provides Key to Parkinson's Disease Prevention
• People Living With Cancer are Invited to a Weekend of Personal Reflection, Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Mayo Clinic Announces March "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover that Key Cancer Gene CBP Doesn't Work Alone; Important Clue to Targeting New Treatments for Lymphoma, Breast and Colon Cancers
• Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children More Likely to Smoke
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children More Likely to Smoke
• Mayo Clinic Announces Outcome of Annual Board of Trustees' Elections
• Robotic, Fast Fix as Effective as Full Surgery for Post-Hysterectomy Sagging Vagina
• National Cancer Institute Selects Mayo Clinic to Coordinate Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention
• Economic Impact Study Released on Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Researchers Discover How to Target Cell Fusion as Possible Way to Repair Organs, Deliver Cancer Vaccines
• Online Pharmacies Provide Benefits to Patients, But Also Raise Concerns
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Trouble Sleeping in the Hospital? Maybe It's That Jackhammer
• Trouble Sleeping in the Hospital? Maybe It's That Jackhammer
• Partnership Announces Phase One Funding Recipients

January 2004

• Independent Scientific Review Panel Evaluates Partnership Research Proposals
• Mayo Clinic Announces February "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Multiple Sclerosis Not as Progressive or Disabling as Once Thought
• Mayo Clinic Researches Ways to Better Treat Patients With Heart Defects
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Medication for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
• Mayo Genomics Researchers Observe Genetic Fusion of Human, Animal Cells — May Help Explain Origin of AIDS
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Announces Distinguished Educator Award Recipients